Kevin Kiley
Republican
· CA-6 · 119th Congress
Influence Score
43.2
Least exposed
↑ +0.8
vs 118th (42.7)
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This score measures financial influence across twelve categories. Each bar shows how this member compares to all others in Congress. Longer bars mean more exposure.
Score breakdown — twelve categories
Contributionsmoney from PACs (political action committees) and individual donors
2.2
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.9
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$558,666
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$36,476
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
0.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.7
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.0
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
< 0.1
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
10.8
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.2
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
0.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
7.8
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
NORPAC
$18,000 direct
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$10,007 direct
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Score across four congresses
Score and tier for each Congress. Members are ranked against others in the same Congress, so tiers are comparable across rows. Raw scores reflect different data availability per Congress.
| Congress | Score | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| 116th · 2019-2021 | — | — |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | — | — |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 42.7 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 43.5 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$181,560
Number of funding networks contributing
1
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Where most of the money comes from
What share of their combined contributions and outside spending comes from a single network. Party committees are excluded.
Network
SLF PAC
Share from this one network
2.3%
Amount from this network
$25,000
Total from all networks
$1,108,071
Networks contributing
267
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Who funds Kiley
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$942,065
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Does the money match their power?
Whether their money comes from the industries their committees actually oversee
Money from industries they regulate
0.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
39.2%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$27.00M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$17.00M
EMC
$15.51M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$12.50M
THE BLACKSTONE
$10.60M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$10.25M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$10.00M
STG
$10.00M
REYES
$9.33M
MOUNTAIRE
$9.02M
REYES
$9.01M
THE CHARLES SCHWAB
$7.51M
SAND HILLS PUBLISHING
$7.50M
THE DUCHOSSOIS
$6.54M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
EMC
$6.26M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$6.11M
PATHWAYS ORG
$6.00M
HOMEMAKER
$5.18M
CROWNQUEST OPERATING
$5.01M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Kevin Kiley comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$621K
Disclosed outside spending
$332K
Dark-money outside spending
$289K
Share that is dark money
46.46%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
5
By funding network
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$182K
A STRONG INNOVATION ECONOMY REQUIRES STRONG IP PROTECTION
$171K
MORNING IN AMERICA PAC
$96K
U.S. CONCEALED CARRY ASSOCIATION FOR SAVING LIVES
$81K
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FREEDOM FUND
$20K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$17K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$10K
4RI PAC
$6K
THE SIX PAC
$5K
PLANNED PARENTHOOD AFFILIATES OF CALIFORNIA VOTES PAC
$5K
REFORM LEADERS PAC
$2K
ACTIVATE AMERICA
$460
PLACER COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE
$435
DEMOCRACY PAC
$11
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$11
Likely donors behind the dark money supporting this member
Inferred
Donors who fund the disclosed PACs in the same network as the hidden groups above. "Coverage" is how many of that network's disclosed groups a donor funds — the more they fund, the more likely they also back the hidden group.
M QUINN DELANEY
$165K
JANELLE BYNUM FOR CONGRESS
$46K
GEORGE WHITESIDES FOR CONGRESS
$44K
VINDMAN FOR CONGRESS
$32K
MCCLELLAN FOR CONGRESS
$10K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$124K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$87K
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.89M
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Pro-Israel network donors
This counts contributions to this member from individuals whose FEC filings also show contributions to one of the 16 pro-Israel political action committees tracked by the Index. It is a measure of donor overlap — not a claim about why any individual gave, and not part of the influence score.
72 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $764K to Kevin Kiley across 143 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$764K
Shared contributors
72
Contributions
143
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10 | 15 | $54K |
| 2024 | 47 | 57 | $84K |
| 2026 | 35 | 71 | $626K |
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Kevin Kiley ranks among the least exposed members of this Congress relative to their colleagues. Money may flow, but the votes do not track the top funding networks. Least exposed is a relative position, not a finding of no exposure.
Data: FEC (Federal Election Commission) filings · 118th–119th Congress · lobbying disclosures · VoteView recorded votes
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required